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[[Image:Great_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Robert+Scanlon|Robert Scanlon}}<br />Photographed: La Conejera, Bogota, [[Colombia]]]] [[Image:Great_Thrush.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Robert+Scanlon|Robert Scanlon}}<br />Photographed: La Conejera, Bogota, [[Colombia]]]]
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Andes from [[Venezuela]] to [[Bolivia]]. Also found in Sierra de Perijá and Santa Marta mountains. Andes from [[Venezuela]] to [[Bolivia]]. Also found in Sierra de Perijá and Santa Marta mountains.
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
 +[[Image:8637great thrush.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|mmdnje|mmdnje}}<br />[[Parque Nacional Cajas]], [[Ecuador]]]]
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
*''T. f. cacozelus'': *''T. f. cacozelus'':
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:*Andes of western [[Bolivia]] (La Paz and Cochabamba) :*Andes of western [[Bolivia]] (La Paz and Cochabamba)
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
-[[Image:8637great thrush.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|mmdnje|mmdnje}}<br />[[Parque Nacional Cajas]], [[Ecuador]]]]+ 
Borders of montane forest and woodlands, agricultural areas and clearings. Mostly from 2500 to 4000m but have been found at altitudes as low as 1800m. Borders of montane forest and woodlands, agricultural areas and clearings. Mostly from 2500 to 4000m but have been found at altitudes as low as 1800m.
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
 +Known to flick its tail upwards.
==References== ==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}} #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}

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Photo by Robert ScanlonPhotographed: La Conejera, Bogota, Colombia
Photo by Robert Scanlon
Photographed: La Conejera, Bogota, Colombia
Turdus fuscater

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[edit] Identification

33mm (13") Sooty gray. Orange bill and yellow-orange legs. Male has yellow eye-ring.
Female lacks eye-ring.

[edit] Distribution

Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia. Also found in Sierra de Perijá and Santa Marta mountains.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

  • T. f. cacozelus:
  • Santa Marta Mountains of north-eastern Colombia
  • T. f. clarus:
  • T. f. quindio:
  • T. f. gigas:
  • T. f. gigantodes:
  • T. f. ockendeni:
  • Andes of south-eastern Peru (Cuzco and Puno)
  • T. f. fuscater:
  • Andes of western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

[edit] Habitat

Borders of montane forest and woodlands, agricultural areas and clearings. Mostly from 2500 to 4000m but have been found at altitudes as low as 1800m.

[edit] Behaviour

Known to flick its tail upwards.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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